Reference Reborn

Breathing New Life Into Public Services Librarianship

More than 30 stellar authors have contributed to these up-to-date essays on public services librarianship, including timely topics such as new service configurations, the impact of e-resources in reference and collection development, and innovative outreach.

* Over 30 contributors, including established experts and the next generation of leaders in reference and public services librarianship

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Reference librarians, the ones who interact directly with the public, answering their questions and helping them find library materials, analyze current trends and project future developments. This is a comprehensive survey of the current scene--highly useful now and in the immediate future but likely to be superseded by later analyses in a few years.